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s lawyer sent a letter to the pentagon saying he has not leak any secrets. joining me now is kim dosier, intelligence writer for the "associated press" who's covering this story. kim, it's a pleasure having you. thanks for joining me. i heard you got an early copy of the book and you interviewed the author. what is your biggest take away? >> well, from their standpoint, they don't believe they revealed any classified information but they didn't give the pentagon a chance to read through it, the cia a chance to read through it before committing it to print. so from the standpoint of the organizations looking at this thing, there are things in there they didn't want to see out, things like the mention of a cia officer who was the head of the bin laden team, the mention of another cia officer who was on the actual raid. there are things in there that from the author's standpoint, no problem, but if you're a pentagon lawyer looking at this, they've served them notice that they find great problems and they've signaling that they may prosecute but they haven't sai
s lawyer sent a letter to the pentagon saying he has not leak any secrets. joining me now is kim dosier, intelligence writer for the "associated press" who's covering this story. kim, it's a pleasure having you. thanks for joining me. i heard you got an early copy of the book and you interviewed the author. what is your biggest take away? >> well, from their standpoint, they don't believe they revealed any classified information but they didn't give the pentagon a chance to read...
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when it is at the pentagon there is a whole group of actors who will be notified. that's a very good thing. i can tell you, john brennan is the director of cia does not want to continue to hold an armed predator, an armed reaper as one of his responsibilities. that should be the d.o.d. and the reason why jonathan is because of how the threat has evolved. >> all right, great to have both your perspectives. straight ahead, another afternoon of severe storms. a new group of americans are in the path. but there is good news coming out of this week of wild weather. we'll be happy to bring that to you next. ♪ before tori was taking her kids to lunch in her new volkswagen... before her passat had passed 30 different inspection tests, and before several thousand tennesseans discovered new jobs on volkswagen drive, their cfo and our banker met for lunch. together, we worked with a team that helped finance construction of the world's first leed platinum auto manufacturing plant. that's the impact of global connections. that's bank of america. ♪ there you go. come on, let
when it is at the pentagon there is a whole group of actors who will be notified. that's a very good thing. i can tell you, john brennan is the director of cia does not want to continue to hold an armed predator, an armed reaper as one of his responsibilities. that should be the d.o.d. and the reason why jonathan is because of how the threat has evolved. >> all right, great to have both your perspectives. straight ahead, another afternoon of severe storms. a new group of americans are in...
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secretary of defense hagel was out today talking about the pentagon budget cuts. let's take a listen. >> if sequester-level cuts persist, dod would experience nearly $1 trillion in defense spending reductions over the next ten years. to help dod balance strategic ends, ways, and means under these budget scenarios, the strategic choice of the management review scrutinized every aspect of dod's budget. everything was on the table. >> so, what does this all this mean for what we're doing in afghanistan going forward and our presence there? >> within the past week, there's been a bipartisan, much like the amash vote on nsa. there's been a real moving back towards reducing the funding for afghanistan. now, general dunford is doing his best with the commander of forces there. he's now debating about what we should do in 2014. with that said, he will have a reduced budget no matter what. and i think, frankly, that's the way to go for the most part. we have to be very careful on these choices. on the larger scale, as secretary of defense hagel just said, everything's on t
secretary of defense hagel was out today talking about the pentagon budget cuts. let's take a listen. >> if sequester-level cuts persist, dod would experience nearly $1 trillion in defense spending reductions over the next ten years. to help dod balance strategic ends, ways, and means under these budget scenarios, the strategic choice of the management review scrutinized every aspect of dod's budget. everything was on the table. >> so, what does this all this mean for what we're...
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the pentagon just asked for $450 million to upgrade it. it's not meant to be a permanent prison. it was always meant to be a temporary. so i think, yes, the hunger strike has brought it into focus. the president himself said, i don't want these people to die. then he's got a real mess on his hands. what you're going to hear today, i agree with e.j., they are going to tell us that they are relocating some of these people. they are working on that right now they are working on yemen, afghanistan. they had a lot of pushback when they tried to suggest u.s. prisons. that is not going to happen. for him, he's going to try to build a very logical case why this has to happen finally. >> when you look at both obviously, as you point out, some level of risk associated with them, e.j., but when you look at that cost benefit analysis in very real terms, is a big part of it, and i'm talking about both the drone program and gitmo, the goodwill that we might get in some countries where this was being used as recruiting tools. >> i think that's absolutely right. guantanamo has become such a powe
the pentagon just asked for $450 million to upgrade it. it's not meant to be a permanent prison. it was always meant to be a temporary. so i think, yes, the hunger strike has brought it into focus. the president himself said, i don't want these people to die. then he's got a real mess on his hands. what you're going to hear today, i agree with e.j., they are going to tell us that they are relocating some of these people. they are working on that right now they are working on yemen, afghanistan....
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how do we know the pentagon is adequately addressing the pob? >> the army seemed to go the extra mile. in doing so, they uncovered 55 soldiers who they decided will no longer do those jobs. the other services just had a handful. it was only the navy that had five others. so perhaps there will be a call to do more, and look at those recruiters, and in other branches. >> congress recently summoned the military's top brass to the hill to explain their response to sexual assaults. one proposal is to take the prosecution of these assaults out of the chain of command. where does that proposal stand right now? >> it got removed, or actually a proposal in the senate was voted down. but the senator from new york has vowed to bring that to the full senate as an amendment this fall. we'll see if it gains any traction there. she has bipartisan support for that. >> all right. tom vanden brook for "usa today." thanks for your time this afternoon. >> thanks for having me. >>> you can call him the littlest quarterback. 5-year-old cancer survivor ryan encino sco
how do we know the pentagon is adequately addressing the pob? >> the army seemed to go the extra mile. in doing so, they uncovered 55 soldiers who they decided will no longer do those jobs. the other services just had a handful. it was only the navy that had five others. so perhaps there will be a call to do more, and look at those recruiters, and in other branches. >> congress recently summoned the military's top brass to the hill to explain their response to sexual assaults. one...
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lockheed is the pentagon's largest supplier. according to reports lockheed could be forces to lay off 10% of the current work force if nears 145,000 and those pink slips go out right before election day. >>> stocks sharply lower on concerns of a european union summit this week will do little to resolve europe's debt problems. we see red arrows with the dow jones down by 165 points. some good news, though. new home sales in may rose at the fastest pace in two years, evidence that the housing market is slowly coming back. it's crunch time for congress on the issue of student loans, interest rates on those loans double to 6.8% this saturday unless congress acts. republican and democratic lawmakers agree that the interest rates should be held steady, but they disagree on how to pay the roughly $6 billion price tag to extend the current 3.7% rate for another year. senators say in an agreement it's close. >>> torrential rain is forecast for days along the gulf coast as tropical storm debby makes landfall with deadly effect. unleashed
lockheed is the pentagon's largest supplier. according to reports lockheed could be forces to lay off 10% of the current work force if nears 145,000 and those pink slips go out right before election day. >>> stocks sharply lower on concerns of a european union summit this week will do little to resolve europe's debt problems. we see red arrows with the dow jones down by 165 points. some good news, though. new home sales in may rose at the fastest pace in two years, evidence that the...
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>>> with two hearings set for tomorrow on the budget, expect more controversy over the pentagon's plan to close military bases and reduce the civilian workforce. in its latest budget, defense is requesting about 2.4 billion over the next five years for a round of base closures that would start in 2015. republican lawmakers have already dismissed the controversial proposal. oklahoma senator jim inhofe, the top republican, has declared the plan dead on arrival. let me bring in retired army colonel jack jacobs and former nevada congressman james bilbray, one of nine members of that commission. congressman, how tough a fight are you gearing up for? >> well, i think it's always been tough. every time they have a brac commission there are people fighting it. the last one i was on in 2005, there was a lot of dispute. one senator actually put a hold on the chairman's nomination to prevent it from happening. >> the government accountability office says the department of defense underestimated costs associated with the most recent round of closures and that savings were overstated and the head o
>>> with two hearings set for tomorrow on the budget, expect more controversy over the pentagon's plan to close military bases and reduce the civilian workforce. in its latest budget, defense is requesting about 2.4 billion over the next five years for a round of base closures that would start in 2015. republican lawmakers have already dismissed the controversial proposal. oklahoma senator jim inhofe, the top republican, has declared the plan dead on arrival. let me bring in retired...
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by moving drone strikes to this pentagon from the c.i.a., will that really mean far greater transparency that what we see today? >> what does transparency mean when the qualifications for drone strikes include continuing imminent threat to americans? that seems so fungible what does that practically mean? if president obama is trying to lay a framework for his successors, that seems widely open to interpretation, doesn't it? >> many things could be open to interpretation. but one of the things that i think that they're trying to put tighter restrictions on is the criteria for who can be killed and when. as is widely known, the practice for some number of years in pakistan has been to carry out so-called signature strikes, these are strikes that are based on patterns of activity. that where the c.i.a. doesn't actually know the identities of the people on the ground who they're targeting. but they have based on intelligence, and through surveillance, some reason to believe that these people are engaged in militant activity. these are very controversial. they have led to civilian casualties
by moving drone strikes to this pentagon from the c.i.a., will that really mean far greater transparency that what we see today? >> what does transparency mean when the qualifications for drone strikes include continuing imminent threat to americans? that seems so fungible what does that practically mean? if president obama is trying to lay a framework for his successors, that seems widely open to interpretation, doesn't it? >> many things could be open to interpretation. but one of...
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finally, the pentagon can issue wavers, case by case wavers and certify national security standard for the people and transfer them. they don't have to do it through congress. congress has given them the power to do this. >> are there innocent people if guantanamo bay? >> most certainly. the government's own evidence years ago, more than half of the people were innocent. the people we talked to, tremendous number of those people are innocent and then 86 people that the government said these people don't pose a threat. and we don't intend it try them. then why should these people remain in jail for a crime that the government knows they could not commit because of bipartisan wrangling. it makes no sense politically. makes no sense morally. and is unus sustainable. >> thank you for your efforts today. >> thank you. >> a leading republican voice for reform today casts doubts on the future of the bill he helped craft. >> the bill that's in place right now probably can't pass the house or has to be adjusted. because people are very suspicious about the willingness of the government to enfor
finally, the pentagon can issue wavers, case by case wavers and certify national security standard for the people and transfer them. they don't have to do it through congress. congress has given them the power to do this. >> are there innocent people if guantanamo bay? >> most certainly. the government's own evidence years ago, more than half of the people were innocent. the people we talked to, tremendous number of those people are innocent and then 86 people that the government...
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i was reminded of what the president said a couple of years ago when he spoke at the pentagon to mark the ninth anniversary of 9/11. >> as americans, we are not and never will be at war with islam. it is not a religion that attacked us that september day. it was al qaeda. >> while that is no doubt true, there are plenty of places in the world today where violence is ostensibly being done in the name of islam. in the southern philippines, the islamic liberation front has been responsible for repeated bomb attacks since the 1970s which culminated two years ago in the south being granted a loose form of independence. in somalia, an off shoot of al qae qaeda, al shabaab, has been raging war with the transitional government, killed aide workers and imposed its own strict form of suharia law across much of te south. friday in nigeria, members of the islamic insurgency reportedly murdered 185 people with 2,000 homes destroyed and thousands displaced. it would be grossly unfair and unreasonable to accuse anyone of having criminal intent simply because of the god they choose to worship. but it
i was reminded of what the president said a couple of years ago when he spoke at the pentagon to mark the ninth anniversary of 9/11. >> as americans, we are not and never will be at war with islam. it is not a religion that attacked us that september day. it was al qaeda. >> while that is no doubt true, there are plenty of places in the world today where violence is ostensibly being done in the name of islam. in the southern philippines, the islamic liberation front has been...
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. >> and so many important stories from the pentagon papers on has changed the national security policy, have been leaked. >> david, it is obviously a difficult place between civil l[berties and national security. and we hope to have you hang on for the next block to talk about the president's speech. which certainly i think illustrated the complicated nature of all of this. >>> after the break, president obama opens the books on u.s. counterterrorism policy. but transparency on drone strikes and a push to close gitmo may not be enough for critics on either the left or the right. we'll discuss the president's speech and the internal debate when former white house chief of standpoint, john podesta joins us next on "now." all stations come over to mission a for a final go. this is for real this time. step seven point two one two. verify and lock. command is locked. five seconds. three, two, one. standing by for capture. the most innovative software on the planet... dragon is captured. is connecting today's leading companies to places beyond it. siemens. answers. available out there. i kne
. >> and so many important stories from the pentagon papers on has changed the national security policy, have been leaked. >> david, it is obviously a difficult place between civil l[berties and national security. and we hope to have you hang on for the next block to talk about the president's speech. which certainly i think illustrated the complicated nature of all of this. >>> after the break, president obama opens the books on u.s. counterterrorism policy. but...
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we should cut the pentagon budget, right? we at the center for american progress would cut the pentagon budget dramatically, not as much as sequestration because we do think you need a glide path. but i disagree with this premise. you are seeing on both sides much more interest in cutting the pentagon budget. but the challenge is we should be focused on economic growth. economic growth for the middle class and competitiveness over the long term. and what's wrong with sequestration is not to me in my mind the pentagon cuts, but the cuts to all the things that matter that we all argue about matter to middle class families and poor families, which is pre-k, education, learning, and research brands that drive innovation in our economy. so as a progressive -- hold on. no, no, as a progressive i say we can have a balanced approach that actually thinks about competitiveness and growth and inequality and reducing inequality over the long term. we should cut the pentagon budget but this is a dumb way to do it. and as progressives we s
we should cut the pentagon budget, right? we at the center for american progress would cut the pentagon budget dramatically, not as much as sequestration because we do think you need a glide path. but i disagree with this premise. you are seeing on both sides much more interest in cutting the pentagon budget. but the challenge is we should be focused on economic growth. economic growth for the middle class and competitiveness over the long term. and what's wrong with sequestration is not to me...
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. >> jim miklaszewski at the pentagon for us. thank you. back to politics and mitt romney and the fact he can't stop being dogged by an issue that no other candidates have had to deal with. the infamous story of the former nths governor strapping his dog to the roof of his car. it made the front page of the "washington post" this week. the "new yorker" used the story in the most recent the website, dogs against romney sells bumper stickers that say i ride inside. and with 37% of american households, that's 43 million households owning dogs, the question is, will this story have a real political impact? ann kornlut is the editor and joins me this morning. why does this story continue to have legs? it's a weird one. >> because there's so many dog owners in the country. we see it all the time. a small story gets blown out of proportion. it's an event that took place a number of years ago. it happened in 1983. it was described later by one of romney's own sons. it's taken on a life of its own. it's an unbelievable image. in part because it coul
. >> jim miklaszewski at the pentagon for us. thank you. back to politics and mitt romney and the fact he can't stop being dogged by an issue that no other candidates have had to deal with. the infamous story of the former nths governor strapping his dog to the roof of his car. it made the front page of the "washington post" this week. the "new yorker" used the story in the most recent the website, dogs against romney sells bumper stickers that say i ride inside. and...
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now because of the threat's evolution, the pentagon should take control. the cia needs to get back to the job. >> cia has a whole generation of folks who really didn't do spying and intelligence gathering they used to. >> you think of all the analysts, operatives hired post 9/11. they have only known one world, an intelligence community at war with al qaeda. john brennan who knows this better than anybody else, because he came from the cia, is going to slowly and surely twist and move it back to its core competencies. >> it doesn't hurt the president has his guy running the cia. >> without a doubt. >> nice to see you. appreciate it. >>> turning to our weekly daily roundup, 1264 days to the election. someone else did the math. we'll trust them on it. you wouldn't know from comings and goings in early primary states. republican scott walker introduced himself at a fundraiser in polk county. time for the party to look to the governors and midwest for their leaders. >> we've laid a positive foundation to move wisconsin forward and people want to continue down
now because of the threat's evolution, the pentagon should take control. the cia needs to get back to the job. >> cia has a whole generation of folks who really didn't do spying and intelligence gathering they used to. >> you think of all the analysts, operatives hired post 9/11. they have only known one world, an intelligence community at war with al qaeda. john brennan who knows this better than anybody else, because he came from the cia, is going to slowly and surely twist and...
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failed leadership and in the middle of that red meat rhetoric, a warning from leon panetta that the pentagon is preparing for furloughs even as obama hammers republicans on the sequester, he's reaching out on immigration. he placed calls to marco rubio, and john mccain -- >> they are sticking their necks out on this issue. what is frustrating for them, which you saw expressed in some of the things rubio said and paul ryan has said in the last couple of days, if they are going to stick their necks outs, they want to feel they have a partner with the white house. >> joining me right now is democratic congressman eric shifz zer. let's dive in to bring everybody up to speed on where we stand with nine days out on the quester. interesting with the piece out by john boehner, carney has tweeted out, speaker boehner is rewriting history in the op-ed for getting he said i got 98% of what i wanted when he and 173 house rs voted for the sequester. are you surprised by the game of chicken being played in washington, d.c., especially when it comes to the amount of cuts that are coming on march 1st? >> i
failed leadership and in the middle of that red meat rhetoric, a warning from leon panetta that the pentagon is preparing for furloughs even as obama hammers republicans on the sequester, he's reaching out on immigration. he placed calls to marco rubio, and john mccain -- >> they are sticking their necks out on this issue. what is frustrating for them, which you saw expressed in some of the things rubio said and paul ryan has said in the last couple of days, if they are going to stick...
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. >>> hello the pentagon is condemning the deaths of two americans in afghanistan who were killed when a gunman entered a government building in kabul. >>> and former south african president nelson mandela is in the hospital. he is there for testing on a long-standing abdominal complaint. now back to quali"confessions o serial killer." >>> jeffrey dahmer kept many secrets, even before he killed his first victim. while it's not unusual for teenagers to keep some things from their parents, dahmer's father was tormented by the idea that perhaps he had missed a key sign of what was to come and the chance to stop him. but jeffrey dahmer wasn't sure he would have revealed anything and was angered by the way some people had blamed his parents. >> did you ever consider talking to your parents, to your dad, about homosexuality? is that something that you felt you could ever raise? >> no, because early on, i really didn't know that much about it myself. all i knew was that it was something that was to be kept hush-hush, not talked about, not even thought about. so i just kept it all within me an
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brand in his cabinet so that obama can use that is, use the republicanism as a way to basically cut the pentagon into other things and to legitimate as by partisan some of the things obama wants to do. there have been lots of criticisms. chuck hagel has become a sand box for a proxy war whether it's sheldon adelson and others but the israel tough is the worse because hagel has been a strong supporter of israel for a long time. it's been interesting to see this play out. >> what do you make out of the fact when the president went over there as capped, he realized there were some folks in israel who didn't view chuck hagel as an ally. >> >> i sort of dispute the notion that that was there. i think the president when he went over separated before i knew about that trip, jack reed and chuck hagel were on the trip and neither went on the israel portion of it because they considered that to be more campaign. the other part was we were engaged in a war and conflict and they made the separation between what was campaign and what was sort of senatorial information gathering. maybe they made a deeper calc
brand in his cabinet so that obama can use that is, use the republicanism as a way to basically cut the pentagon into other things and to legitimate as by partisan some of the things obama wants to do. there have been lots of criticisms. chuck hagel has become a sand box for a proxy war whether it's sheldon adelson and others but the israel tough is the worse because hagel has been a strong supporter of israel for a long time. it's been interesting to see this play out. >> what do you...
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once again to recalibrate and more importantly it moves the agenda moving outside of the cia to the pentagon. >> we put some calls out, we were unable to get them from the president. this one is from time magazine publishing this. we'll give them the credit where sk credit is due. this is -- do you like that view? shameless plugs, rachel, go ahead. >> teachers of america. i don't know if that's enough for the show but hearing those stories out of oklahoma, just heartbreaking. >> thank you. >> the future majority project, trying to elect more women and candidates for diversity at the state level. >> maria? >> march for innovation is taking over facebook and twitter for immigration policy. >> maria, chris, first time here, rachel, thank you. >> good to see you. >> that's it for "the daily rundown." coming up next right here on msnbc, chris "jansing & co." have a great thursday. come here, boy. ♪ there you go. come on, let's play! [ male announcer ] there's an easier way to protect your dog from dangerous parasites. good boy. fetch! trifexis is the monthly, beef-flavored tablet that prevents
once again to recalibrate and more importantly it moves the agenda moving outside of the cia to the pentagon. >> we put some calls out, we were unable to get them from the president. this one is from time magazine publishing this. we'll give them the credit where sk credit is due. this is -- do you like that view? shameless plugs, rachel, go ahead. >> teachers of america. i don't know if that's enough for the show but hearing those stories out of oklahoma, just heartbreaking....
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yesterday the pentagon announced it would hold a military trial for khalid sheikh mohammed and the four suspected of working with him. that will likely take place at guantanamo. joining us is hina shamsi. thanks for joining us. >> thank you for having me. >> let's talk a little about the military tribunals which we've discussed with a certain amount of wariness. we know the administration is trying to reform them and you have thoughts how effective that reform is. >> i think that when we're considering the guantanamo military commissions we have to take a step back and look at how and why they were established. they weren't established to provide truth or justice, they were established to provide show trials, to permit the use of evidence obtained through torture and at the same time to hide the fact that torture has happened. their legitimacy was undermined right from the beginning and that shameful legacy continues to taint them today an undermines their legitimacy irrevocably. >> you think the efforts toward transparency, having the justice department, prosecutors involved is none of
yesterday the pentagon announced it would hold a military trial for khalid sheikh mohammed and the four suspected of working with him. that will likely take place at guantanamo. joining us is hina shamsi. thanks for joining us. >> thank you for having me. >> let's talk a little about the military tribunals which we've discussed with a certain amount of wariness. we know the administration is trying to reform them and you have thoughts how effective that reform is. >> i think...
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you know,he 201 safro or pentagon sexual assault report just came out. their office, the sole purpose is to protect military individuals from sexual assault, spent a tremendous amount of effort and resources to on sophisticating theÑi data, to covering up the problem. if that's going on, then what's going on in the military justice system? i think it's just the american public needs to support congress' legislation, such as the stop act that will allow more transparency in the military justice system. >> i think it bears repeating what you said during the break. even what they do regard as convictions are often convictions for vulgar language or adultery. >> or sodomy. >> not consistent with the actual crime. >> the one person who assaulted you -- >> there were two men. >> but one of them. the one for whom there is a conviction. >> one was granted complete immunity in the court martial process, and the other perpetrator was convicted of adultery and indecent language for the death treat and referring to me as a slut in the phone sting. he received 45 da
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he was a guy who flexed american muscle by building up the pentagon and then cutting a deal with the soviets. that's who they're going to claim. whether they can realistically make that claim i don't know. that's the claim they'll make. >> so true about reagan. even when there was the plane went down over south korean, the american soldier was killed along the dmz in east berlin. rather reagan did not go to war. your thoughts, robert? i think reagan -- >> it's old school. >> the gold standard for the conservatives. >> you call him an urban cowboy, he's a certain kind of urban cowboy. howard is spot on. we're looking at trump going to old school repiublicanism. he's been talking to jim baker, he'll meet with bob corker. he's not meeting with the george w. bush people. >> robert kagan in a reasonable neocon sticking it to him. >> by the way a lot of the other neocon types they don't want to have anything to do with him. >> at some point the big story will be when hillary grabs some of them. new national pole for "the new york times" shows clinton with a six point lead over trump. 47%,
he was a guy who flexed american muscle by building up the pentagon and then cutting a deal with the soviets. that's who they're going to claim. whether they can realistically make that claim i don't know. that's the claim they'll make. >> so true about reagan. even when there was the plane went down over south korean, the american soldier was killed along the dmz in east berlin. rather reagan did not go to war. your thoughts, robert? i think reagan -- >> it's old school. >>...
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if i'm consulting with the pentagon, with congress, if i've got bipartisan support, and frankly, the current environment is not conducive to those kinds of thoughtful consultations. so i think the stories that you've been writing over the last 24 hours is god evidence of that. i think we'll do better in 2013. >> though the president's hot mike remark drew plenty of attention, it was mitt romney's reaction. he responded to it while at a san diego town hall. >> when the president of the united states is picking with the leader of russia saying, he could be more flexible after the election, that is an alarming and troubling development. this is no time for our president to be pulling his punches with the american people. >> romney even accidently said that iran, quote, must have a nuclear weapon. that was a misspeak. democrats leaping on what they thought was an overly strong statement about where russia stands in american foreign policy. >> if he's planning on doing more and suggest to russia that he has things that he's willing to do with him, he's not willing to tell the american peo
if i'm consulting with the pentagon, with congress, if i've got bipartisan support, and frankly, the current environment is not conducive to those kinds of thoughtful consultations. so i think the stories that you've been writing over the last 24 hours is god evidence of that. i think we'll do better in 2013. >> though the president's hot mike remark drew plenty of attention, it was mitt romney's reaction. he responded to it while at a san diego town hall. >> when the president of...
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. >>> keeping up with the changing times the pentagon will boost its cyber security staff. according to "washington post" another 4,000 people will be assigned to help counter increasing threats against government computer networks. officials say they intend to focus their efforts on networks outside the u.s. [ male announcer ] how do you make america's favorite recipes? just begin with america's favorite soups. bring out chicken broccoli alfredo. or best-ever meatloaf. go to campbellskitchen.com for recipes, plus a valuable coupon. campbell's. it's amazing what soup can do. you may be muddling through allergies. try zyrtec-d®. powerful relief of nasal congestion and other allergy symptoms -- all in one pill. zyrtec-d®. at the pharmacy counter. humans. even when we cross our t's and dot our i's, we still run into problems. namely, other humans. at liberty mutual insurance, we understand. that's why our auto policies come with accident forgiveness if you qualify, where your rates won't go up due to your first accident, and new car replacement, where, if you total your new
. >>> keeping up with the changing times the pentagon will boost its cyber security staff. according to "washington post" another 4,000 people will be assigned to help counter increasing threats against government computer networks. officials say they intend to focus their efforts on networks outside the u.s. [ male announcer ] how do you make america's favorite recipes? just begin with america's favorite soups. bring out chicken broccoli alfredo. or best-ever meatloaf. go to...
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of people and people's districts or you see, you know, economic fall-out from these huge cuts in the pentagon which both parties have said they want to avoid, you might see republicans open to revenue. there are republicans on the record saying that they would look at revenue to block these cuts, the sequester. john mccain said that the other day. republicans to exact a political victory here need to get spending cuts. i mean, they settled for a deal in the fiscal cliff that was not good for party leaders. they are going to hold very, very tight on that, and, by the way, after the sequester -- >> do you think that tea party response is almost sort of covering their bases there? i mean, the tea partiers get to say we had a strong message and held tight to our values. you know, these moderates went and made deals with the president. we're not to blame. if you -- in effect trying to sort of head off primary challenge if one is going to come up in 2014. >> that's the question. ran paul is playing a tough game. he has a personal history with mcconnell, who supported, you know, his challenger down
of people and people's districts or you see, you know, economic fall-out from these huge cuts in the pentagon which both parties have said they want to avoid, you might see republicans open to revenue. there are republicans on the record saying that they would look at revenue to block these cuts, the sequester. john mccain said that the other day. republicans to exact a political victory here need to get spending cuts. i mean, they settled for a deal in the fiscal cliff that was not good for...
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want to start with a washington battle on full display this week when the president's pick to head the pentagon, former republican senator chuck hagel, came under fire from members of his own party during a very contentious confirmation hearing. >> name one person in your opinion who's intimidated by the israeli lobby in the united states senate. >> are we right or wrong? that's a pretty straightforward question. >> senator hagel, please answer the question i asked. today, do you think unilateral sanctions would be a bad idea? >> all this raising questions about how effective chuck hagel will be if confirmed as secretary of defense. earlier this weekend, i sat down for a rare joint interview with the top military leadership the outgoing secretary f defense leon panetta and the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff general martin dempsey. >>> secretary panetta, welcome back to "meet the press." general dempsey, welcome. let me start with the man that is poised to take your place. he underwent on thursday a pretty tough round of questioning. he seemed to struggle with a lot of the answers. of cou
want to start with a washington battle on full display this week when the president's pick to head the pentagon, former republican senator chuck hagel, came under fire from members of his own party during a very contentious confirmation hearing. >> name one person in your opinion who's intimidated by the israeli lobby in the united states senate. >> are we right or wrong? that's a pretty straightforward question. >> senator hagel, please answer the question i asked. today, do...
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he was going to cut taxes on the wealthy, balance the budget, bring down the deficit, increase the pentagon spending by massive amount, and cut spending, was ronald reagan and ronald reagan blew a massive hole in the deficit. why? because of the point michael just made, he couldn't cut spending. >> couldn't cut spending. >> romney won't be able to either. that's the reality, cutting the spending to doots egg that his plan calls for is not politically possible. so your plan is guaranteed if you succeed at the other portions of it to increase the deficit. >> that's why the angels have it. because it's not of this earth. >> it will be the angels that will have to keep the planes in the air. the ryan budget would basically eliminate the rest of the government. >> air traffic control. >> other than social security, defense and medicare in 2050. >> well, paul ryan is sort of a marginalized character in this situation, these days. coming up the 12 days of congress, lawmakers from the 112th session called it quits in the wee small hours of last saturday morning. before skipping town the senate made
he was going to cut taxes on the wealthy, balance the budget, bring down the deficit, increase the pentagon spending by massive amount, and cut spending, was ronald reagan and ronald reagan blew a massive hole in the deficit. why? because of the point michael just made, he couldn't cut spending. >> couldn't cut spending. >> romney won't be able to either. that's the reality, cutting the spending to doots egg that his plan calls for is not politically possible. so your plan is...
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the pentagon tried to portray it as a rogue platoon much as they're saying is the sergeant now is a rogue soldier. but the evidence really suggested that it went farther than that and that other platoons may have been involved. there's a real question to be answered here. did that culture of that particular brigade which was very gung h oled by some commanders who really had some very racist attitudes towards the afghan people, did that play a part in this? we don't know yet, obviously, but i haven't heard those questions being posed. >> thank you. we are out of time. i want to thank you, mr. o han lon for joining us on a very important topic. the book "bending history, barack obama's foreign policy." after the break, we've got a great segment looking at occupy wall street which just marked its six-month anniversary with dozens of protests and arrests here in new york. we will take a look at the movement's impact all of that coming up next on "now." [ todd ] hello? hello todd. just calling to let you know i'm giving you the silent treatment. so you're calling to tell me you're giving me t
the pentagon tried to portray it as a rogue platoon much as they're saying is the sergeant now is a rogue soldier. but the evidence really suggested that it went farther than that and that other platoons may have been involved. there's a real question to be answered here. did that culture of that particular brigade which was very gung h oled by some commanders who really had some very racist attitudes towards the afghan people, did that play a part in this? we don't know yet, obviously, but i...
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. >>> coming up, the pentagon says president obama has not asked it to draw up plans for military intervention in syria, but are we rapidly approaching a point beyond diplomacy? richard engel and the inimitable martin bashir join the discussion next on "now." i love that my daughter's part fish. but when she got asthma, all i could do was worry ! specialists, lots of doctors, lots of advice... and my hands were full. i couldn't sort through it all. with unitedhealthcare, it's different. we have access to great specialists, and our pediatrician gets all the information. everyone works as a team. and i only need to talk to one person about her care. we're more than 78,000 people looking out for 70 million americans. that's health in numbers. unitedhealthcare. what ? customers didn't like it. so why do banks do it ? hello ? hello ?! if your bank doesn't let you talk to a real person 24/7, you need an ally. hello ? ally bank. no nonsense. just people sense. >>> how many more have to die? 10,000 more? 20,000 more? >> before i recommend that we put our sons and daughters in uniform, in harm's way, i
. >>> coming up, the pentagon says president obama has not asked it to draw up plans for military intervention in syria, but are we rapidly approaching a point beyond diplomacy? richard engel and the inimitable martin bashir join the discussion next on "now." i love that my daughter's part fish. but when she got asthma, all i could do was worry ! specialists, lots of doctors, lots of advice... and my hands were full. i couldn't sort through it all. with unitedhealthcare, it's...
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one is how many guns do i have and the other is how big is the pentagon. the other side of the equation does not look good. >> one of the things tyranies do is take away guns. i'm arguing this mostly as a u.s. one of the countries that took away guns was the soviet union. you didn't put up the murder rate in russia. it has low gun ownership rate. studies getting to the factual reason why many don't want to regulate guns because in a place like russia they didn't have guns and the murder rate is by far the highest. there is not a correlation between gun laws and murder or between gun ownership and murder. >> there are two things. studies on these very principles have declined dramatically post 1996 when the republicans in congress managed to squelch off funding for anything having to do with public health and guns. it is true that gun rates and homicides don't correlate very neatly. having a gun in your home does correlate to the likelihood of a gun induced death in the home largely because of the suicide epidemic that happens of people with guns in their h
one is how many guns do i have and the other is how big is the pentagon. the other side of the equation does not look good. >> one of the things tyranies do is take away guns. i'm arguing this mostly as a u.s. one of the countries that took away guns was the soviet union. you didn't put up the murder rate in russia. it has low gun ownership rate. studies getting to the factual reason why many don't want to regulate guns because in a place like russia they didn't have guns and the murder...
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obviously the pentagon is, is trying to manage the situation as best as they can. but i think all of us should reflect on why exactly are we doing this. >> he then addressed the sequester and whether congress will ever, ever start paying attention to long-term goals. we'll discuss all of that next on "now." both tylenol and bayer back & body are proven to be effective pain relievers tylenol works by blocking pain signals to your brain bayer back & body's dual action formula includes aspirin, which blocks pain at the site. try the power of bayer back & body. challenge that with olay facial hair removal duos for fine or coarse hair. first a pre-treatment balm then the effective cream. for gentle hair removal at far less than salon prices. there's no place like home. tdd#: 1-800-345-2550 tdd#: 1-800-345-2550 and the streetsmart edge trading platform from charles schwab... tdd#: 1-800-345-2550 gives me tools that help me find opportunities more easily. tdd#: 1-800-345-2550 i can even access it from the cloud and trade on any computer. tdd#: 1-800-345-2550 and with schw
obviously the pentagon is, is trying to manage the situation as best as they can. but i think all of us should reflect on why exactly are we doing this. >> he then addressed the sequester and whether congress will ever, ever start paying attention to long-term goals. we'll discuss all of that next on "now." both tylenol and bayer back & body are proven to be effective pain relievers tylenol works by blocking pain signals to your brain bayer back & body's dual action...
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the pentagon is well funded. your regional commander could go out. i agree with your critique. the way to get to the source of the critique is not that, you know, susan rice or anybody else doesn't understood what you said. it's to follow the money and give the u.s. the tools. >> shouldn't we rethink where the money goes? one of the reasons diplomatic security is underfunded. the cuts between the state department. the balance between state, diplomacy and military are way off. >> i think the overall issue is susan rice, should she be confirmed and will she be confirmed? john kerry could get the massachusetts seat. that may be in the background. the bottom line is confirmation. you are supposed to tell the truth. if you don't, it's bad. no question. there ought to be instant replay, overwhelming evidence to overrule it when the referee is wrong. there needs to be overwhelming evidence not to support the president's nomination. i think it's unfair to play on this one. >> we have an amazing bit of tape of john mccain making a somewhat similar argument. we'll show it to you after th
the pentagon is well funded. your regional commander could go out. i agree with your critique. the way to get to the source of the critique is not that, you know, susan rice or anybody else doesn't understood what you said. it's to follow the money and give the u.s. the tools. >> shouldn't we rethink where the money goes? one of the reasons diplomatic security is underfunded. the cuts between the state department. the balance between state, diplomacy and military are way off. >> i...
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now, we do know $46 billion comes from the pentagon. "the baltimore sun" headlines read big pay cut contemplated for civilian defense workers. "the washington post", u.s. schools brace for federal funding cuts. the "new york times" meantime highlights federal spending cuts threaten delays in air travel. let me bring in loren fox politics reporter for "u.s. news and world report" and "usa today" washington bureau chief susan paige. good morning. >> good morning. >> good morning. >> the president clearly thinks he has the upper hand. your poll yesterday suggested he does but is he in danger of overplaying it? >> well, it's always possible. we'll see what -- how much people really feel the impact if the sequester cuts go into effect as we think they probably will next week. but what we found in the new "usa today"/pew research poll is that about half of americans say it is going to be the fault of congressional republicans if they can't reach a deal. just 31% said they'd blame the president. that's pretty good standing for the president go
now, we do know $46 billion comes from the pentagon. "the baltimore sun" headlines read big pay cut contemplated for civilian defense workers. "the washington post", u.s. schools brace for federal funding cuts. the "new york times" meantime highlights federal spending cuts threaten delays in air travel. let me bring in loren fox politics reporter for "u.s. news and world report" and "usa today" washington bureau chief susan paige. good morning....
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the measure gives the pentagon time to decide on how best to make those cuts. and joining me now is democratic congressman william enhart. thank you so much for being here, sir. i do appreciate that for this early hour. >> good morning, alex. >> i want to ask you about this whole situation. put it into context for us. how much of an impact does this delay have across the country? >> well, you know, i think the good thing here is that we've given the department of defense flexibility to move around the cuts, and to move funds from one account to another account. so it's going to help a bit. i've spoken out against sequester on the house floor. and i think that it is not the proper way to approach our fiscal situation. i think that what we need to do instead of just cutting across the board is to cut into the fat and not the muscle and bone and that concerns me a great deal. >> so i could imagine why it does because i want to talk specifically. scott air force base, that's in your district, and i'm sure when you're voting against the sequester you're thinking abo
the measure gives the pentagon time to decide on how best to make those cuts. and joining me now is democratic congressman william enhart. thank you so much for being here, sir. i do appreciate that for this early hour. >> good morning, alex. >> i want to ask you about this whole situation. put it into context for us. how much of an impact does this delay have across the country? >> well, you know, i think the good thing here is that we've given the department of defense...
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the white house is still confident they'll have enough votes to make it -- to get hagel to the pentagon, but let's be honest, it's been ugly so far. >>> and the country says good-bye to one of its most outspoken and color mayors, ed koch, likes to say how am i doing, history would say he's done a pretty good job of leading new york into a new era. >>> good morning from washington, it's friday, february 1st, 2013. let's get to the first read of the morning. i'll get to the jobs report in a minute, but i want to get to hagel. i want to start there. no doubt chuck hagel had a rough outing before the armed services committee, the question is whether hostility to hagel's nomination breaks down so completely along partisan lines. that he's still able to survive. there's clearly a lot of republican opposition to hagel, some of it may be personal. the white house for now is chalking up the eight painful hours to political theatrics and believe these republican senators were simply tougher on hagel than they were on john kerry or on john brennan because they view hagel as a turncoat, but, wow, d
the white house is still confident they'll have enough votes to make it -- to get hagel to the pentagon, but let's be honest, it's been ugly so far. >>> and the country says good-bye to one of its most outspoken and color mayors, ed koch, likes to say how am i doing, history would say he's done a pretty good job of leading new york into a new era. >>> good morning from washington, it's friday, february 1st, 2013. let's get to the first read of the morning. i'll get to the jobs...
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we know that the many of these generals were actually in the pentagon when people first came down to the square 18 months ago and the idea that the, you know, they're getting their funding from somewhere and they're all trained in the united states and i wonder what type of leverage the united states is using in this instance. >> i don't think there is -- maybe i'm wrong, i could be wrong, been wrong before, a lot on this program. but it seems to me that the leverage is a bit overstated just because i'm not sure. i mean, let's keep in mind the military in egypt is not just a military in the way that we think of it, the most powerful institution in the country. it just loaned the egyptian state a billion dollars in the past year. it loaned $1 billion. it is very cash rich and runs enterprises, huge enterprises and running olive oil factories and presses and things like this. the egyptian military has a genuine base of not just political power, military and mu naup luization on state use of violence, but a huge bank account from the enterprise that it's running. >> the failure of peopl
we know that the many of these generals were actually in the pentagon when people first came down to the square 18 months ago and the idea that the, you know, they're getting their funding from somewhere and they're all trained in the united states and i wonder what type of leverage the united states is using in this instance. >> i don't think there is -- maybe i'm wrong, i could be wrong, been wrong before, a lot on this program. but it seems to me that the leverage is a bit overstated...
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stave off the looming sequester, a series of automatic spending cuts to discretionary programs in the pentagon scheduled to take effect in march unless congress can agree on a broader deficit reduction package. president obama said if congress fails to agree on such a package as seems likely he wants to delay the cuts to give lawmakers even more time to hammer out a deal. >> if congress can't act immediately on a bigger package, if they can't get a bigger package done by the time the sequester is scheduled to go into effect, then i believe that they should at least pass a smaller package of spending cuts and tax reforms that would "rda" the economically damaging effects of the sequester for a few more months until congress finds a way to replace these cuts with a smarter solution. >> on the same day the president spoke the congressional budget office issues -- issued its updated fiscal outlook for the next deck ate and confirmed what a vast body of empirical evidence has told us, austerity has been a considerable drag on growth saying growth, gdp will grow slowly in 2013 because of the fiscal
stave off the looming sequester, a series of automatic spending cuts to discretionary programs in the pentagon scheduled to take effect in march unless congress can agree on a broader deficit reduction package. president obama said if congress fails to agree on such a package as seems likely he wants to delay the cuts to give lawmakers even more time to hammer out a deal. >> if congress can't act immediately on a bigger package, if they can't get a bigger package done by the time the...
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pentagon to overthrow a democratically elected leader. they said the u.s.s is now complicit in the military coup against egypt. it really boils down to which side of the debate you ask. on the other hand, supporters of the military action here say that it is about time the united states gets on the side of democracy in egypt and not support islamic fundamentalists as they describe the muslim brotherhood. it really depends on who you ask. i can assure you, the united states is always on the losing side when you ask people here. both sides very displeased with the way the u.s. has positioned itself. >> all right. ayman mohyeldin live for us in cairo. thank you, ayman. >>> and a live look now at the markets reacting to today's jobs report. the unemployment rate fell to the lowest level in years. you see the dow is down now nine points. we'll have the latest on the impact of the job numbers. >>> and within the last hour, the philadelphia eagles excuse riley cooper from play, days after videos surfaced showing him using a racial slur. why the
pentagon to overthrow a democratically elected leader. they said the u.s.s is now complicit in the military coup against egypt. it really boils down to which side of the debate you ask. on the other hand, supporters of the military action here say that it is about time the united states gets on the side of democracy in egypt and not support islamic fundamentalists as they describe the muslim brotherhood. it really depends on who you ask. i can assure you, the united states is always on the...
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or what the pentagon spends in six hours. governor romney scapegoating educational public broadcasting for a talking point? look, for me, the report, what was stunning was that the reading gaps are closed in part when kids self select and read things that they themselves like. and i'm just thinking for me, ce sesame street was all about in you stories and different kind of folks and part of what developed me as a kid to find stories that i loved and liked. is this an actual attack on this very thing we are looking at here? >> there's been tons of attacks. romney also wants to give the defense department $2 billion more than they've asked for and yet wants to cut not just big bird but is he taking on national education cuts, no. we are cutting education. we are cutting it. we're cutting it at a time when we know the class size, for example, so to get those individualized plans for kids e requires teachers to have fewer students in their classrooms. >> i'm not surprised he does this, though, because oftentimes republicans suppo
or what the pentagon spends in six hours. governor romney scapegoating educational public broadcasting for a talking point? look, for me, the report, what was stunning was that the reading gaps are closed in part when kids self select and read things that they themselves like. and i'm just thinking for me, ce sesame street was all about in you stories and different kind of folks and part of what developed me as a kid to find stories that i loved and liked. is this an actual attack on this very...
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>> the pentagon has its job to do. i think it came up at a press briefing where a spokesman for the bg was asked what they're doing about it. i think what they said is they're reviewing it to see if there were any problems. in fact, the special operations command which oversees special operations including s.e.a.l. team six has already said they don't really see much of a problem in there in term of classified information. and keep in mind, alex, there have been movies, there have been books, there have been other articles, there have been documentaries all about the raid. there's very little. it's passed into kind of american folklore at this point. there's really very little that's new. what's new in the esquire story was essentially this guy's perspective. >> was he saying to you when you were doing the interview, did he say look, i can't talk about this because it's classified? was he aware of that? did he make that clear to you? >> yeah. i mean it was an evolution. an evolution that took place over about a year an
>> the pentagon has its job to do. i think it came up at a press briefing where a spokesman for the bg was asked what they're doing about it. i think what they said is they're reviewing it to see if there were any problems. in fact, the special operations command which oversees special operations including s.e.a.l. team six has already said they don't really see much of a problem in there in term of classified information. and keep in mind, alex, there have been movies, there have been...
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basically the pentagon was not prepared in any way for the kind of extended deployment of huge numbers of troops. in the absence of enacting subscripti subscription, they turned back on changing regulations. some of those regulations were public, like they raised the enlistment age from 35 to 40, then to 42. but some of them they did by the back door and it took investigative journalists, courageous lawmakers to uncover what was happening in the u.s. military. >> that's all the time we have. "irregular army," author matt kennard and colonel jack jacobs. we want to say we reached out to the department of defense. we're still waiting for a response. >>> how can president obama build on the post-convention bounce, or will it simply come down to pure economics? what makes a sleep number store different? you walk into a conventional mattress store, it's really not about you. they say, "well, if you wanted a firm bed you can lie on one of those. we provide the exact individualization that your body needs. welcome to the sleep number store's biggest sale of the year. not just ordinary beds on
basically the pentagon was not prepared in any way for the kind of extended deployment of huge numbers of troops. in the absence of enacting subscripti subscription, they turned back on changing regulations. some of those regulations were public, like they raised the enlistment age from 35 to 40, then to 42. but some of them they did by the back door and it took investigative journalists, courageous lawmakers to uncover what was happening in the u.s. military. >> that's all the time we...
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obama's budget proposes, and over the next decade, he would spend on defense, $203 billion, more than the pentagon has asked for. ryan would like our country to be a place where 25% would be the corporate tax rate. down from the current 35%. and 2 is the number of tax brackets for all us private citizens, down from the current 6 brashgts. 25 and 10, that's what tax pa r payers would pay in percentages under the new man. where do the savings come from? in ryan's word, preparing the safety net. 8$810 billion he would convert federal spending to block grant for states. same for food subsidies, which he could cut by $133 billion over ten years. that would mean billions of meals would be missed by struggling families. who doesn't lose out? that brings me to the number $187,000 that is how many dollars representative paul ryan's tax cuts would hand out to every millionaire. patching up the safety net? i guess he meant the golden parashut. coming up, speaking of bean counting, jelly beans are back, right after the break. ♪ we were skipping stones and letting go ♪ [ female announcer ] nature valley gr
obama's budget proposes, and over the next decade, he would spend on defense, $203 billion, more than the pentagon has asked for. ryan would like our country to be a place where 25% would be the corporate tax rate. down from the current 35%. and 2 is the number of tax brackets for all us private citizens, down from the current 6 brashgts. 25 and 10, that's what tax pa r payers would pay in percentages under the new man. where do the savings come from? in ryan's word, preparing the safety net....
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the pentagon would love to keep that number of troops there throughout 2013. i think we will see the white house saying this is way too much we want to move to a mission that put the afghans more into the lead and we will start see more dramatic draw downs next year. but i don't foresee anything too significant, part is the white house wants to avoid the optic that it is being forced into greater draw dawns because of a shooting rampage, mistakes made by soldiers, they have to stick to the narrative drawing down on success, deep down inside, lot don't believe that, they can't sort of say, you know what we were right and the military was wrong on the surge. we said we didn't think this was going to work, we were right u into the politically winning strategy in an election year so they are going to have to sort of all be the on the same page in terms of the public narrative how this is working. >> spencer? >> is significant from what rajiv said,th in sense of our political debate we are about to have, we see the scope of what go big means it doesn't mean add tro
the pentagon would love to keep that number of troops there throughout 2013. i think we will see the white house saying this is way too much we want to move to a mission that put the afghans more into the lead and we will start see more dramatic draw downs next year. but i don't foresee anything too significant, part is the white house wants to avoid the optic that it is being forced into greater draw dawns because of a shooting rampage, mistakes made by soldiers, they have to stick to the...
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surprise move by the pentagon. shocking announcement buzzing through cpac. "meet the press," what the pope revealed when he met with 5,000 journalists. why another dream cruise is not so dreamy. the elusive god particle. is it a sign of god or science? we have details throughout the hour. but first to that stunning move by the pentagon to beef up its defense systems on the heels of north korea's recent nuclear threats. we have just learned a south korean official says north korea fired a pair of short-range missiles into its waters sometime this week. nbc's kristin welker is at the white house for us. hello to you on this saturday afternoon. what prompted the move by the pentagon to take such an aggressive step against north korea? >> reporter: the pentagon believes new york has engaged in a series of provocative actions lately, alex. it has also made advances in its nuclear capabilities. north korea threatened a pre-emptive strike against the united states after the u.n. issued new sanctions against the country. it also scrapped its 1953 treaty with south k
surprise move by the pentagon. shocking announcement buzzing through cpac. "meet the press," what the pope revealed when he met with 5,000 journalists. why another dream cruise is not so dreamy. the elusive god particle. is it a sign of god or science? we have details throughout the hour. but first to that stunning move by the pentagon to beef up its defense systems on the heels of north korea's recent nuclear threats. we have just learned a south korean official says north korea...
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>> oh, my worst week unfortunately is for the pentagon. they not only saw chuck hagel filibustered by the senate, they also have this sequester coming up. half i want to say half a trillion dollars worth of cuts coming from the pentagon and they are in no way able to absorb that. they've already made lots and lots of cuts. i think congress is asking them to fight a war and not giving them the resources they need to do it. on the plus side my winner is poland springs, they got the best product placement of all-time, thanks to marco rubio so he didn't have a great night but i think poland springs had a great night. >> you have a point. susan, yours? >> the best week the no labels group because mostly they were able to get 40 people, democrats and republicans in congress to agree to fixing a problem, not fighting, and that's an accomplishment these days, just to even be able to get someone to wear the same pin. the worst week was the u.s. senate. i think that what we saw with the confirmation hearing and a lot of things it showed it's no long
>> oh, my worst week unfortunately is for the pentagon. they not only saw chuck hagel filibustered by the senate, they also have this sequester coming up. half i want to say half a trillion dollars worth of cuts coming from the pentagon and they are in no way able to absorb that. they've already made lots and lots of cuts. i think congress is asking them to fight a war and not giving them the resources they need to do it. on the plus side my winner is poland springs, they got the best...
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. >> there is a barn consensus behind this the pentagon, the military community you the -- any of the communities that are class fig information are very powerful. and there is no -- i don't know if you can. i don't think there is much of an incentive for any of these bureaucracies to say we want to keep this secret because of fear of embarrassment. 99% is classified to prevent embarrassment. there an actual study with a real figure. but studies throughout the year that looked at this stuff, especially looked at cases where government officials would resist freedom of information act requests and wasn't because -- mainly because of embarrassment, not because it jeopardizes national security. >> demand for less secrecy has to come from voters, we are all sitting around saying we wlik to see less secrecy, voters trust the press almost less than they trust the government. >> let me bring in the enemy they trust less, congress. why do we so distrust congress? why do we as an american people distrust congress? because it is so definition a.m.ly useless. it's there. they are present. at a m
. >> there is a barn consensus behind this the pentagon, the military community you the -- any of the communities that are class fig information are very powerful. and there is no -- i don't know if you can. i don't think there is much of an incentive for any of these bureaucracies to say we want to keep this secret because of fear of embarrassment. 99% is classified to prevent embarrassment. there an actual study with a real figure. but studies throughout the year that looked at this...
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s book that the pentagon doesn't want to you read. setting up the news starts with arthritis pain and a choice. take tylenol or take aleve, the #1 recommended pain reliever by orthopedic doctors. just two aleve can keep pain away all day. back to the news. gives you a 50% annual bonus. and everyone, but her... likes 50% more cash. but, i have an idea. do you want a princess dress? yes how about some cupcakes? yes lollipop? yes! do you want an etch a sketch? yes! do you want 50% more cash? no you got talent. [ male announcer ] the capital one cash rewards card. with a 50% annual cash bonus it's the card for people who like more cash. what's in your wallet? i usually say that. ar ntlr gh rg [ nn ]errequ gh sf owgrl. rg [ nn ]errequ mornings are a special time for the two of you...) and now you can make them even more special... with new fancy feast mornings. mornings are delicious protein rich entrées... with garden veggies and egg. each one perfectly designed... to start her day with a little love. new fancy feast mornings gourmet cat
s book that the pentagon doesn't want to you read. setting up the news starts with arthritis pain and a choice. take tylenol or take aleve, the #1 recommended pain reliever by orthopedic doctors. just two aleve can keep pain away all day. back to the news. gives you a 50% annual bonus. and everyone, but her... likes 50% more cash. but, i have an idea. do you want a princess dress? yes how about some cupcakes? yes lollipop? yes! do you want an etch a sketch? yes! do you want 50% more cash? no...
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the pentagon i will see is strongly disagreeing with that. doesn't that say there are huge challenges here. >> very serious challenges here. in addition to that, the fact is this arms exporter has not even complied with the defense audit commission that is out there. there is so many issues here where quite frankly the department of defense -- by the way, what they did after that 423-0 vote in the house of representatives prohibiting them from doing this from one pod of money, they went around that. >> exactly. >> so i think this is so disingenuous. recently i organized along with my colleague kay grainger, this is a bipartisan issue. we have over 80 members of the house of representatives. we've written to secretary hagel asking why is this a national security issue, the syrian issue there, the no bid issue. we can maintain -- we can build these helicopters. they are built. they can be sent. it would appear the afghans can't fly, we can certainly train them to fly these helicopters as well. >> certainly this is a very meaty issue here. we'll
the pentagon i will see is strongly disagreeing with that. doesn't that say there are huge challenges here. >> very serious challenges here. in addition to that, the fact is this arms exporter has not even complied with the defense audit commission that is out there. there is so many issues here where quite frankly the department of defense -- by the way, what they did after that 423-0 vote in the house of representatives prohibiting them from doing this from one pod of money, they went...
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. >>> joining us from tfrom the pentagon is jim miklaszewski. national security correspondent for "the new york times" is mark mazzetti author of the book "the way of the knife cia and secret army a war at the ends of the ear earth." in new york is david sanger the author of "confront and conceal obama secret wars and surprising use of american power," which is out in paperback. good timing. jim miklaszewski, at the pentagon, we are dealing with a couple of issues today as we get ready to hear from the president on these issues and that is the use of drones being scaled back and also the killing of americans with drones. jim? >> everybody is making a big deal out of the fact that the president is likely to announce in his speech as we understand it that a large part of the covert drawn program that is conducted for years by the cia will now be shifted over to the pentagon and it's being hailed as a move that will increase transparency in terms of what the u.s. is doing and in that drone program. but i can tell you, you know, for years the u.s. m
. >>> joining us from tfrom the pentagon is jim miklaszewski. national security correspondent for "the new york times" is mark mazzetti author of the book "the way of the knife cia and secret army a war at the ends of the ear earth." in new york is david sanger the author of "confront and conceal obama secret wars and surprising use of american power," which is out in paperback. good timing. jim miklaszewski, at the pentagon, we are dealing with a couple...
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the deputy national security adviser will be here and officials from the pentagon and the state department. what this is is really the beginning of the push to explain to lawmakers why they should back the strikes. the white house is clearly going to be pushing for that. you saw john kerry on all sunday shows today making that case. they started by saying that there was evidence that sarin gas had been used. you also saw lawmakers today on sunday shows illustrating just how steep that climb is going to be for the white house and a number of them said this might not pass. it's clear that especially in the republican led house there's a real chance that they might not authorize the use of force. >> what about a time line in terms of how this is going to play out? do you have any indication of what will happen when? >> reporter: what we're going to see over the course of the next week is a continuation of this push to convince lawmakers. you'll see administration officials on the phone. lawmakers talking to each other. congress isn't going to be here. you're going to see hearings in the senat
the deputy national security adviser will be here and officials from the pentagon and the state department. what this is is really the beginning of the push to explain to lawmakers why they should back the strikes. the white house is clearly going to be pushing for that. you saw john kerry on all sunday shows today making that case. they started by saying that there was evidence that sarin gas had been used. you also saw lawmakers today on sunday shows illustrating just how steep that climb is...